our security, etc. is the united states today stronger compared to five years ago? >> no. >> 48% of you, almost half of you believe we're weaker and less powerful. >> 24%, so half of that, thinks that we're actually more powerful today than we were five years ago. 27% think we're the same. obviously a lot has happened in five years. >> that's for sure. >> we've weathered a recession, banks have collapsed. i could go on and on. all sorts of things that have left people feeling more pessimistic. >> we've had trillions spent, many have died, more have been maimed, thei their live destroyn an effort to defend the country. that's a sad, sad number. >> any time you're not doing well financially i think that translates into feeling the country as whole is welcomer as well. >> if you have the u.s. ambassador to libya killed and the administration can't decide why it happened, pretending that it was a response to some stupid internet video, there's a sense that the people in charge don't have a clear vision of what the threat is. >>> in the meantime, let's get to the headlin